Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan defeated Luo Tianyu, Luo Tianzhi, and Luo Tiantai, then enslaved them by branding their Divine Souls with Soul-Locking Arrays. The Luo Shen Clan rose to become a leading force in the Lesser Western Heaven Realm, while Xiao Yan prepared to make use of his newly subdued servants.

• Xiao Yan branded Luo Tianyu's Divine Soul with a Soul-Locking Array and forced him to submit as a slave.
• Xiao Yan put Soul-Locking Arrays on the unconscious Luo Tianzhi and Luo Tiantai, then told Luo Tianshen that the three men would serve him until he left the Luo Shen Clan.
• Xiao Yan also branded the Luo Shen Clan geniuses who had witnessed the battle to keep his secrets from spreading.
• The Luo Shen Clan's strength and Xiao Yan's talents sparked rumors and anger among the Three Great Divine Clans, which had failed to recruit him.
• Xiao Yan healed the three enslaved men, tortured them, took their Sovereign Spirit Liquid, and asked whether they had brought everything he requested.

Xiao Yan gathered the rare fire-attribute materials and flames needed to cultivate the emperor flame dharma form. After refining the treasures with his emperor flame, he completed the dharma form and prepared to pursue the True Flame Indestructible Body.

• Luo Tiantai, Luo Tianzhi, and Luo Tianyu presented Xiao Yan with the requested materials and his Heavenly Flame Cauldron.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the dozens of flames in the cauldron and sent the three Earthly Sovereigns away.
• Xiao Yan vowed to feed the emperor flame powerful flames until it became the World-Purifying True Flame or surpassed it.
• Xiao Yan retreated to a secluded mountain location and absorbed the fire-attribute treasures, using his emperor flame to refine their energy.
• Xiao Yan completed the emperor flame dharma form, which took on his appearance and radiated an emperor-like aura.

Xiao Yan refined pills in Luo Shen City to trade for Sovereign Spirit Liquid and powerful flames, advancing to Ninth-Rank Sovereign over two years and strengthening his Emperor Flame Dharma Form. As he wondered whether he would find a truly powerful flame before leaving the Lesser Western Heaven Realm, Luo Heavenly Dragon invited him to Hetu and Yu’s wedding banquet.

• Xiao Yan manifested his Emperor Flame Dharma Form and resolved to gather more flames while preparing for the Spirit Emperor Ancient Tomb.
• Xiao Yan announced that he would refine pills for Sovereign Spirit Liquid, special flames, or information about rare flames, drawing experts to Luo Shen City.
• Xiao Yan refined a Dou Zun-Breaking Pill for the Power God Clan, fueling demand for his alchemy.
• Over two years, Xiao Yan gained tens of millions of drops of Sovereign Spirit Liquid, reached Ninth-Rank Sovereign, and acquired hundreds of flames, including the Golden Vajra Flame.
• Xiao Yan lamented that the flames he had collected had not greatly increased his power, then followed Luo Heavenly Dragon to Hetu and Yu’s wedding banquet.

At Luo Hetu and Luo Yu’s wedding, Xiao Yan drew the attention of the Lesser Western Heaven Realm’s dignitaries as an Earthly Sovereign and Alchemy Grandmaster. Yan Hai approached him with information about a Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Yan recognized it as the Void Blazing Sun Flame.

• Xiao Yan attended Luo Hetu and Luo Yu’s wedding and received reverent greetings from experts and elders across the realm.
• Luo Hetu and Luo Yu thanked Xiao Yan for attending before beginning their wedding ceremony.
• Yan Hai privately asked Xiao Yan for a Dou Zun-Breaking Pill in exchange for information about a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan offered Yan Hai a quasi-Saint-grade pill for truthful information and said a Dou Zun-Breaking Pill was possible if Yan Hai led him to the flame.
• Yan Hai mentioned the Void Great Sun Fruit the Luo Shen Clan had acquired, and Xiao Yan identified the flame as the Void Blazing Sun Flame.

Xiao Yan agreed to help Yan Hai advance to Earthly Sovereign in exchange for access to a Molten Sun Space containing the Void Blazing Sun Flame. After verifying the flame’s presence, Xiao Yan tore open the space, while Yan Hai prepared to trust him with the treasure.

• Yan Hai offered Xiao Yan information about the Void Blazing Sun Flame and a collection of treasures from the sun space in exchange for help breaking through to Earthly Sovereign.
• Xiao Yan accepted the deal, promised to help Yan Hai advance, and arranged to leave the next day.
• Xiao Yan and Yan Hai traveled beyond the Lesser Western Heaven Realm and found a concealed cave beneath a fire spirit tree on a small island.
• Deep underground, they discovered a magma lake threaded with golden flames, and Xiao Yan confirmed that the Void Blazing Sun Flame was present.
• Xiao Yan tore open the space above the magma lake, surprising Yan Hai, who then gestured for him to inspect the goods.

Xiao Yan entered the Molten Sun Space with Yan Hai and found the Void Blazing Sun Flame, offering to help Yan Hai break through to Earthly Sovereign after completing their deal. As Xiao Yan approached the flame to subdue it, he discovered a skeleton beneath it wearing a bracelet engraved with the words “Blazing Sun Emperor.”

• Xiao Yan entered the Molten Sun Space with Yan Hai and examined its golden flames and the Void Great Sun Divine Tree.
• Xiao Yan and Yan Hai reached the Void Blazing Sun Flame, but Yan Hai stopped because the heat was too intense.
• Xiao Yan gave Yan Hai the Dou Zun-Breaking Pill and offered to improve his chances of reaching Earthly Sovereign after subduing the flame.
• Yan Hai retreated to the Void Great Sun Divine Tree while Xiao Yan advanced through the golden flames, which recoiled from his emperor flame.
• Xiao Yan approached the Void Blazing Sun Flame and spotted a skeleton beneath it wearing a jade bracelet engraved with “Blazing Sun Emperor.”

Xiao Yan discovered that Li Yao, the Blazing Sun Emperor, had been betrayed by his junior brother, the Dusk Emperor, and left behind a key to the Destruction Great Emperor Inheritance. Excited by the chance to obtain the Void Annihilation Flame and the Sun Emperor Lineage’s sun true fire, Xiao Yan resolved to claim the inheritance and turned his attention to the void blazing sun flame.

• Xiao Yan examined Li Yao’s bones and absorbed the memories he had left behind.
• Li Yao’s memory revealed that the Dusk Emperor had ambushed him for the key to the Destruction Great Emperor Inheritance, and Li Yao had used a Sun God Crystal to escape with his life briefly.
• Li Yao left the key and his inheritance to whoever could defeat the Dusk Emperor or find a stronger contender.
• Xiao Yan learned that the inheritance could lead him to the Void Annihilation Flame and the sun true fire, and he vowed to obtain it and avenge Li Yao.
• Xiao Yan took Li Yao’s spatial bracelet and prepared to devour the trembling void blazing sun flame.

Xiao Yan devoured the Void Blazing Sun Flame, claimed the Blazing Sun Emperor’s treasures and inheritance, and helped Yan Hai break through to Earthly Sovereign. After returning to the Luo Shen Clan, Xiao Yan spent a peaceful year cultivating before news spread that the Spirit Emperor Ancient Tomb was about to open.

• Xiao Yan seized and swallowed the Void Blazing Sun Flame, then absorbed the remaining golden flames and merged the flame into his Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Yan took the Blazing Sun Emperor’s spatial artifact, finding the Sun Emperor Lineage inheritance, valuable treasures, and the Void Blazing Sun Fan.
• Xiao Yan helped Yan Hai use a Dou Zun-Breaking Pill and Emperor Flame to break through to Earthly Sovereign over seven days.
• Xiao Yan left the Molten Sun Space after completing his deal with Yan Hai, who praised his strength and thanked him.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Luo Shen Clan and spent a year refining pills, cultivating spiritual energy, gathering flames, and seeking news of the Sun Emperor Lineage.
• The Spirit Emperor Ancient Tomb’s impending opening stirred experts across the Lesser Western Heaven Realm and surrounding regions.

As the Spirit Emperor Ancient Tomb prepared to open, Xiao Yan decided to enter despite uncertainty about whether its restrictions would allow him in. At the entrance, Xue Lingzi invoked the Western Heaven War Hall to secure a place for the War Emperor’s disciple, and Winter Elder appeared to press the assembled cultivators to accept.

• Luo Hetu told Xiao Yan that the Spirit Emperor Ancient Tomb would open the next day, and Xiao Yan resolved to try entering so he could use its Sovereign Spirit Liquid to advance.
• More than a hundred cultivators, including over thirty Earthly Sovereigns, gathered at the tomb entrance, where they noticed that Yan Hai had advanced to Earthly Sovereign.
• Xue Lingzi announced that the Blood God Clan would add another entrant, prompting objections from the gathered cultivators.
• Xue Lingzi appealed to the Western Heaven War Hall and called forward Winter Elder, who asked the cultivators to let the War Emperor’s disciple enter the tomb.

Xiao Yan watched Ling Zhanzi and the Western Heaven War Hall join the expedition into the Spirit Emperor Ancient Tomb, then found that the entrance rejected him because of his strength. A mysterious fluctuation in his bloodline opened the way and pulled him inside, where a voice recognized a bloodline from the Dou Qi Continent.

• Elder Winter introduced Ling Zhanzi, whose reputation made the Lesser Western Heaven Realm's experts wary, and invited Xiao Yan to visit the Western Heaven War Hall after the expedition.
• Xiao Yan postponed answering Elder Winter's invitation until after the tomb expedition, and the Spirit Emperor Ancient Tomb's silver gate opened.
• Xue Lingzi sent three Blood God Clan Earthly Sovereigns to guide Ling Zhanzi inside, while Xiao Yan approached the gate with Luo Hetu and Luo Yu.
• Xiao Yan could not pass through the gate because his strength exceeded the tomb's restrictions, and he realized forcing entry could destroy the tomb.
• A fluctuation from Xiao Yan's bloodline activated the gate, and a mysterious voice recognized a bloodline from the Dou Qi Continent before pulling him inside.

Xiao Yan entered the Spirit Emperor Ancient Tomb, where the Spirit Emperor recognized his connection to the Dou Qi Continent and invited him to the tomb's center with the promise of helping him regain the Heavenly Sovereign realm. Xiao Yan headed deeper into the tomb, effortlessly destroying the powerful Sovereign Spirit Gods in his way.

• Xiao Yan was drawn into the ancient tomb after a voice mentioned the lineage of the Dou Qi Continent, while Luo Hetu and Luo Yu entered as well.
• Xiao Yan casually shattered a Lower-Rank Earthly Sovereign-level Sovereign Spirit God with one punch, stunning the experts nearby.
• The Spirit Emperor confirmed a connection to the Dou Qi Continent and invited Xiao Yan to the tomb's center, promising help in regaining the Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• Xiao Yan collected the Sovereign Spirit Liquid and flew toward the depths of the tomb, with Luo Hetu and Luo Yu following him.
• A thousand-zhang Sovereign Spirit God attacked Xiao Yan, and he blew it apart with one punch as the watching experts stared in shock.

Xiao Yan collected vast quantities of Sovereign Spirit Liquid as he fought deeper into the Spirit Emperor Ancient Tomb, while Ling Zhanzi resolved to seize his haul. The group was surrounded by eight Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign-level sovereign spirit deities and confronted by the towering Spirit Emperor.

• Xiao Yan destroyed an Upper-Rank Earthly Sovereign-level sovereign spirit deity with one punch, collected its Sovereign Spirit Liquid, and left Luo Hetu and Luo Yu stunned.
• Ling Zhanzi revealed his ten-thousand-pattern Million-Sky-Grasping Hand and vowed to take Xiao Yan’s Sovereign Spirit Liquid and force him to labor for the Western Heaven War Hall.
• Xiao Yan blasted apart seven more Upper-Rank Earthly Sovereign-level sovereign spirit deities and continued collecting Sovereign Spirit Liquid as he fought deeper into the tomb.
• Luo Hetu and Luo Yu saw eight Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign-level sovereign spirit deities surround them and feared Xiao Yan could not protect them all.
• Two sovereign spirit deities parted to reveal an enormous figure, and Xiao Yan recognized him as the Spirit Emperor and asked why he was frightening them.

Xiao Yan learned that the Spirit Clan on the Dou Qi Continent descended from the Spirit-Gathering Clan, and the Spirit Emperor explained why he had sent branches of his clan to lower planes. The Spirit Emperor left Xiao Yan with the revelation that the True Flame Emperor had died before him.

• The Spirit Emperor recognized Xiao Yan as a Heavenly Sovereign who had ascended from a lower plane and took him aside to speak, leaving Luo Hetu and Luo Yu under the Eight Directional Spirit Gods' protection.
• Luo Hetu and Luo Yu realized Xiao Yan was a Heavenly Sovereign and agreed not to pry into his connection with the Spirit Emperor.
• The Spirit Emperor revealed that the Dou Qi Continent's Spirit Clan was a branch of the Spirit-Gathering Clan and explained that he had planned to expel Xiao Yan because his strength exceeded the tomb's limit.
• The Spirit Emperor explained that he had sent three branches of the Spirit-Gathering Clan to powerful lower planes so they might produce a Heavenly Sovereign capable of protecting their people.
• The Spirit Emperor said he had arranged for one branch to settle on the Dou Qi Continent with help from the True Flame Emperor, then revealed that the True Flame Emperor had fallen before him.

The Spirit Emperor explained how the Spirit-Gathering Clan’s lineage had declined and gave Xiao Yan two powerful treasures to help him reach the Heavenly Sovereign realm. Xiao Yan left with the Spirit-Gathering Bowl and Eight-Direction Spirit God Array, charged with protecting the clan if he grew strong enough.

• The Spirit Emperor told Xiao Yan that war with the Extraterrestrial Evil Race had shattered the Dou Qi Continent and severed the Spirit Clan’s connection to its Great Thousand World branch.
• The Spirit Emperor gave Xiao Yan a Spirit-Gathering Bowl that could store ten billion drops of Sovereign Spirit Liquid and gather it at an extraordinary rate.
• The Spirit Emperor revealed that the Eight-Direction Spirit God Array contained eight Spirit-Gathering Beads, whose Sovereign Spirit Gods could fight powerful Earthly Sovereigns and serve as energy cores for super Battle Puppets.
• The Spirit Emperor handed the eight Spirit-Gathering Beads to Xiao Yan and asked him to shelter the Spirit-Gathering Clan if he reached the True Flame Emperor’s level.
• The Spirit Emperor said he had to remain at the Super Spirit-Gathering Array’s nexus and told Xiao Yan to obtain more Sovereign Spirit Liquid by defeating the ordinary Sovereign Spirit Gods.

Xiao Yan restored the Spirit Emperor Ancient Tomb’s array, then hunted Sovereign Spirit Gods to gather enough Sovereign Spirit Liquid for a breakthrough. After rewarding Luo Yu and Luo Hetu, he began secluded cultivation, with his aura rising toward Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign.

• Xiao Yan realized the Spirit Emperor’s memory and Sovereign Spirit God now presided over the array, and promised to return the treasures to the Spirit Clan.
• Xiao Yan took the Spirit-Gathering Bowl and two quasi-Peerless Saint Relics, then set out with Luo Yu and Luo Hetu to hunt Sovereign Spirit Gods.
• Over three days, Xiao Yan slaughtered several hundred Sovereign Spirit Gods and gathered more than three billion additional drops of Sovereign Spirit Liquid.
• Xiao Yan gave Luo Hetu and Luo Yu three hundred million drops of Sovereign Spirit Liquid and summoned two Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign Sovereign Spirit Gods to guard them.
• Xiao Yan began cultivating with the remaining Sovereign Spirit Liquid, and his cultivation rose through Lower-Rank and Upper-Rank Earthly Sovereign as his Emperor Flame Dharma Form started to take shape.

While Xiao Yan absorbed an immense store of Sovereign Spirit Liquid to strengthen himself, Ling Zhanzi and the three great divine clans plotted to seize what remained after leaving the Spirit Emperor Ancient Tomb. Seven days later, Xiao Yan awoke with greatly increased power, collected the remaining liquid, and prepared to leave.

• The gathered Earthly Sovereigns coveted Xiao Yan’s vast river of Sovereign Spirit Liquid, but many left rather than risk provoking him.
• Ling Zhanzi agreed to help the three great divine clans seize Xiao Yan’s remaining Sovereign Spirit Liquid outside the tomb, with the spoils to be divided between the Western Heaven War Hall and the clans.
• The Spirit Emperor reflected that Xiao Yan’s inheritance from the True Flame Emperor could draw the attention of the Extraterrestrial Evil Race.
• After seven days of absorbing Sovereign Spirit Liquid, Xiao Yan merged with his Sovereign Dharma Aspect and opened his eyes.
• Xiao Yan put away the two Sovereign Spirit Gods and the remaining Sovereign Spirit Liquid, learned he had used 1.6 billion drops, and told Luo Hetu and Luo Yu to leave.

After leaving the Spirit Emperor Ancient Tomb with vast amounts of Sovereign Spirit Liquid, Xiao Yan faced demands from the Lesser Western Heaven Realm’s factions to share his spoils. He refused, and the Winter Elder ordered the divine clans to form their battle arrays as the Luo Shen Clan joined the fight on Xiao Yan’s side.

• Xiao Yan, Luo Hetu, and Luo Yu left the tomb, and Luo Hetu warned that others would covet Xiao Yan’s Sovereign Spirit Liquid.
• Ling Zhanzi accused Xiao Yan of cheating his way into the tomb and demanded that he distribute his gains; Xiao Yan openly refused.
• Xue Lingzi and the Bone God and Power God clans pressed Xiao Yan to hand over a share, while Luo Tianshen withdrew the Luo Shen Clan from their side.
• When an Earthly Sovereign threatened Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan killed him instantly with beams of flame from his eyes.
• The Winter Elder ordered the assembled factions to form their arrays, and the Blood God, Power God, and Bone God clans manifested their god statues.
• Luo Tianshen ordered the Luo Shen Clan to form its array, and its goddess statue appeared as the clan offered to help Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan confronted the Winter Elder and the three divine clans after Luo Tianshen and Yan Hai chose to stand by him. He overwhelmed the Winter Elder with his Emperor Flame, then moved to face the three clan chiefs as they joined the fight.

• Luo Tianshen and Yan Hai stepped forward to support Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan told Luo Tianshen to stand back.
• The Winter Elder summoned his Winter Dharma Aspect and threatened to take Xiao Yan to the Western Heaven War Hall.
• Xiao Yan summoned a towering flame dharma aspect and launched his Heaven-Burning Palm at the Winter Elder.
• The Winter Elder's Spear of Winter melted, and Xiao Yan's flaming chains began melting his dharma aspect.
• Xue Lingzi ordered the three divine clans to attack, and Xiao Yan appeared before their chiefs with his Emperor Flame dharma aspect.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed the Winter Elder and the three divine clans, then spared his opponents and demanded compensation for their attempt to seize his Sovereign Spirit Liquid. The Winter Elder escaped, while the others faced Xiao Yan’s demand for payment.

• Xiao Yan destroyed the three divine statues with one punch each, injuring the Earthly Sovereigns who had summoned them.
• Xiao Yan cracked the Winter Shield with a powerful punch, leaving the Winter Elder badly shaken.
• Xiao Yan spared the Winter Elder for the Western Heaven War Emperor’s sake, and the Winter Elder thanked him before leaving with Ling Zhanzi.
• Xiao Yan demanded a hundred million drops of Sovereign Spirit Liquid from each of the three divine clans and ten million drops from each hostile Earthly Sovereign.

Xiao Yan forced the Three Great Divine Clans and other Earthly Sovereigns to repay him with Sovereign Spirit Liquid, then shared the spoils with Luo Tianshen and Yan Hai. He also gave Yan Hai the Blazing Sun Emperor’s inheritance, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yan asking why Luo Tianshen looked troubled.

• The Three Great Divine Clans and the other Earthly Sovereigns handed over their Sovereign Spirit Liquid to Xiao Yan as repayment for their actions.
• Xiao Yan dismissed the clans and left the Spirit Emperor Ancient Tomb island with the Luo Shen Clan’s experts and Yan Hai.
• Xiao Yan divided the collected Sovereign Spirit Liquid between Luo Tianshen and Yan Hai, explaining that he needed neither it nor ordinary treasures to reach the Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• Xiao Yan gave Yan Hai the Blazing Sun Emperor’s bracelet and inheritance, leaving Yan Hai overwhelmed with gratitude.
• Xiao Yan noticed Luo Tianshen frowning and asked him what was wrong.